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Opinion Haim Gouri’s Rejection of Zionist Art Prize Restored My Faith in Zionism
Haim Gouri has won just about every literary prize that Israel has to offer. Yet, in my eyes, he made his strongest, most Zionist statement on January 5, when news broke that he had refused to accept a prize for “Zionist Works of Art,” awarded by the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport. The award…
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Fast Forward Democrats Who Backed Iran Deal Meet With Bibi
A delegation of eight Democratic U.S. senators who backed the Iran nuclear deal met with Israeli leaders and discussed oversight of the deal. The trip last week included Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York; Chris Coons of Delaware; Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota; Tim Kaine of Virginia; Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin; Mazie Hirono of Hawaii;…
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Fast Forward Israeli Vigilantes Avoid Murder Charge in Killing of African Mistaken for Stabber
Four Israelis, including a soldier and a prison officer, were charged on Tuesday with aggravated assault in connection with the death of an Eritrean national, who was shot and beaten after being mistaken for a gunman during an attack in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Oct. 18. An Arab citizen of Israel shot…
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Fast Forward Israel Concerned About Stability of Jordan as Chaos Spreads
A senior Israeli official has voiced concern for Jordan’s future stability given encroaching Islamist-led insurgencies in the region, a departure from Israel’s customary reticence about its neighbor and security partner. Jordan, one of two Arab countries to have signed peace treaties with Israel, has largely weathered the upheaval in much of the Middle East over…
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Fast Forward U.S. Envoy Expresses ‘Concern’ Over Israel Anti-NGO Law
U.S. ambassador Dan Shapiro met with Israel’s justice minister and expressed reservations about her proposed law requiring NGOs to prominently announce substantial foreign funding. “Ambassador Shapiro sought more information about the draft legislation from the minister, and noted the U.S. government’s concerns on the matter,” the embassy said in a statement describing the meeting Sunday…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday including one the military said had tried to stab a soldier, as four months of tensions simmered. The Palestinian Health Ministry said a 21-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli army gunfire during a confrontation between troops and protesters in the town of…
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Opinion The Right Isn’t Shy About Influencing Israel. Why Is the Left?
Back in 2010, shortly after the first concerted attack on the New Israel Fund and Israel’s human rights community, Israeli analyst Yossi Alpher wrote a seminal article for the New York Times. He pointed out that the ultranationalist settler lobby in Israel had been unsettled in more than one way by the disengagement from Gaza,…
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Fast Forward Hundreds March To Support Israel in Warsaw
WARSAW, Poland — Several hundred people participated in a march of support for Israel in Warsaw. Sunday’s march was organized by Christian organizations operating in Poland. It was also attended by Polish Jews. The marchers carried Israeli and Polish national flags, and sang and danced as they marched, the Jewish.pl website reported. “I’ve never seen…
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